I have finally begun the big project that includes the interior upgrade, the rewire, and the repower. I came out of the water at the end of June. I spent the weekend getting the last of the brown Formica out of the boat and prepping for the rest of the teak veneer to be installed.
There is an area of damage on the bulkhead between the v-berth and the salon. I made a really stupid mistake in 2004 trying to beat a storm to pull some crab pots. The storm won; I got stuck in some really large tight interval waves. Shambala got launched off of one wave and right into the face of another. The impact was so hard I thought the windows were likely all shattered. As it turned out, the hull flexed during the impact and caused some damage to the bulkhead. Here is a photo:
![Image](http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w520/johnvietor/160_zps2j1knjbe.jpg)
The damage is to the middle piece of the bulkhead and the port side of the bulkhead where the were jammed into each other. I was shocked at how bent the screws were in the mahogany reinforcement pieces.
My question is this: Do I need to cut the damaged areas out and replace them, or can I fill the plywood with thinned epoxy and clamp it with a large C clamp to try to return the pieces to their original shape? The middle piece has vertical cuts that appear to have been made at the factory. That piece would be fairly easy to remove and glass in a replacement. The port side piece would be a little more complicated, but still doable.
Let me know what the protocol is here please.
Thanks in advance.
John Vietor